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re: What’s your thoughts when you roll by a construction site and see a male flagger?

Posted on 4/30/20 at 1:51 pm to
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
18025 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 1:51 pm to
quote:

What’s your thoughts when you roll by a construction site and see a male flagger?


That it's his turn to take a break and hold the flag They usually look like they've been working too, not like they're out there in a clean tailored suit
Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
Member since Sep 2012
42087 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 1:51 pm to
He must be new to the company and just starting out.
Posted by DomincDecoco
of no fixed abode
Member since Oct 2018
11481 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 1:52 pm to
quote:

That it's his turn to take a break and hold the flag They usually look like they've been working too, not like they're out there in a clean tailored suit


prob taking an easy couple days because his body hurts from working like a man or recovering from an injury.

No v-day, no osha.
This post was edited on 4/30/20 at 1:53 pm
Posted by windshieldman
Member since Nov 2012
12818 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 1:52 pm to
I remember that thread where most people agreed OP is the most retarded poster on the site. A lot of people feel sorry for him
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
130333 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 1:52 pm to
There is someone who is working and not sitting at home watching TV.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
104035 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 1:53 pm to
quote:

What’s your thoughts when you roll by a construction site and see a male flagger?


That I feel for the baw that has to deal with all of the dumbass drivers around me.
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
86739 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 1:54 pm to
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“Now here is a job OleWarSkuleAlum could do.”
Disagree.
Posted by drdoct
Atlanta, GA
Member since Oct 2015
1609 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 2:00 pm to
All I think is... damn I hope this mf'er gets me through and doesn't stop at my car. It's trashy and small to put down what someone does for a living. Whatever they are doing, it's a necessary thing or else they wouldn't have a job. If you have to look down on others, then you have a serious inferiority complex regardless of what you do.
Posted by Klingler7
Houston
Member since Nov 2009
12411 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 3:00 pm to
I often think that these workers are dealing with heat, cold, and cars that might hit them. Honest work right there. I’m sure they sweat in the heat and need water breaks. How many people would sign up for that kind of work ? Honest jobs.
Posted by Yewkindewit
Near Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
21099 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 3:10 pm to
I read that as fluffier!
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
31899 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 3:11 pm to
Never have thought about it, but I think my thought would be, "Who cares?"

At least he's working.

When I worked as a welder's helper on a pipeline job, I was pissed at the side boom operator that made $16/hour in the early 80's. He slept under his canopy between welds. We had to wake him up to move to the next pipe. I was sweating my arse off while beating dope off of pipe with a hammer between welds.
This post was edited on 4/30/20 at 3:27 pm
Posted by Mootsman
Charlotte, NC
Member since Oct 2012
6204 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 3:14 pm to
Always think it looks boring AF. Also, can't say I've ever seen a non-male flagger. Would have questions if there were a chick working on a construction crew.
Posted by Mike da Tigah
Bravo Romeo Lima Alpha
Member since Feb 2005
60841 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 3:20 pm to
I think they don’t post on the OT because they aren’t too cool like the OT is.

Posted by VaeVictus
Member since Feb 2017
1666 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 3:22 pm to
I sat out one summer from college and worked construction. In this crew, new hires rotated between shovel duty and flag duty. In the summer months, flag duty sucked for obvious reasons. You're standing on blacktop cooking while dealing with a-hole drivers who don't give two damns about obeying a flagger.

Taking this job was the best decision I ever made. I made sure to finish my degree (was wavering b/c full-time work/full-time student became a drag), but I knew I didn't want to work in a job like this.

Flagging sucks.
Posted by L1C4
The Ville
Member since Aug 2017
15474 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 3:25 pm to
I wonder if he would like a chair to sit in.
This post was edited on 4/30/20 at 3:26 pm
Posted by MONROE
In the belly of the beast
Member since Sep 2015
2917 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 3:27 pm to
That it’s his turn to hold the flag. Those guys rotate jobs every couple hours to cut down on monotony
Posted by YungFO
Dallas
Member since Mar 2018
1081 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 3:27 pm to
I don't have any. I'd rather be fricking brain dead than thinking about shite like this.
Posted by boxcarbarney
Above all things, be a man
Member since Jul 2007
24435 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 3:27 pm to
Those guys normally have other jobs on the site. Just someone shouted "we need a flag man! Enrrique! Get over here and direct traffic for a while!"
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 3:48 pm to
They are one of the most important people on the crew. If they frick up, a lot of people are suddenly in a much more dangerous situation.
This post was edited on 4/30/20 at 3:53 pm
Posted by nuwaydawg
Member since Nov 2007
2036 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 4:02 pm to
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All I think is... damn I hope this mf'er gets me through and doesn't stop at my car. It's trashy and small to put down what someone does for a living. Whatever they are doing, it's a necessary thing or else they wouldn't have a job. If you have to look down on others, then you have a serious inferiority complex regardless of what you do.


I had a crew that worked near my neighborhood for a year, making a 2 lane 5 lanes. Every time possible, I had a grocery bag full of ice and frozen powerade. They knew me and my truck after a while and would reach over and get it out of the bed of my truck. Cruise right through.
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